Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1031-100, Benjamin Everest, Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental
Overest, Benjamin
B. L. Wt. 1031-100
Everett
CONTENTS

W31
The heirs of Benjn Everest private Sheldon Dragoons
W30. Annulled
Warrant ipd March 19 th 1822
Don: H. B. Rochester
June 19-1897. History Mr. C. H. Everest.
Rochester, N.Y.
Oct. 16/97 C. H. Everest, Rochester, N.Y.

State of N. York Pike Oct 28 1821 Albany County
Wm B Rochester Esq. Sir
I had the opportunity of conveying a few minutes with you at Angelica just before you started for Washington concerning my father's claims for military services according as you directed I hereby enclose to you my proofs & documents as far as I can make them according to the instructions that I received from the Secretary of War & wish you to do me the favor of attending to it for me & present them to the Secretary of War & sign the necessary receipt for the warrant & send the same to me in case it can be obtained & by so doing you will confer a great favor on your Very respectful Servt
J. W. Foster
To the Secretary of War Sir my wish & request is that in case my documents & proofs are sufficient to entitle me to a warrant for bounty lands for my father's military services that you will deliver the same to Wm B Rochester Esq. a member of Congress from Steubenville County in the State of Ohio that he can forward the same to the War Department Very respectfully yours &c. J. W. Foster Albany County State of New York Pike Oct 28 1821

State of New York } ss- Albany County }
Surrogate's Office
Be it remembered that it has this Twenty first Day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hun- dred and Twenty two hundred to ap- pear to me by Sufficient Testimony to my satisfaction that Luther Everest of Grafton in the said County, is one of the Heirs of Benjamin Everest Deceased late a private in the Revolutionary War in the Regiment of Colonel Elisha Sheldon Commandant of the second Regi- -ment of Dragoons - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 21. Day of February A.D. 1822
Lebaniah L. Caswell Surrogate
Albany County Clerk's Office
I do hereby Certify that Lebaniah L. Caswell Esquire was at the time of signing the above Independent

Allegany County Clerks office 311 I do hereby Certify Stephen H. Caswell Esq. before whom the within affidavit - was taken was at the time of taking the same a Surrogate in and for the County of Allegany duly Com- -missioned and sworn to act as such In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Angelica this 21 st day of February A.D. 1822 Edward Kenwick Deputy Clerk

of New York } I Luther Everst of the Town of Pike County and State of Allegany } Aforesaid Aged Thirty four years a Citizen of the United States do upon Oath testify and declare to the best of my knowledge and information, that my Brother Benjamin Everst Everst, the Original Claimant did enlist in the Army of the Revolution, Against the common Enemy of my Country, for the Term of during the War, and served in the Regiment Second Company of Troops N o 2, commanded by Capt. Hazelton and in the Reg t under command of Col. Blisha Sheldon and that he continued in the Service Aforesaid until the close of the War, in Seventeen Hundred and Eighty three, when he was regularly discharged from the said Regiment. I well recollect of seeing his War-rant under Seal as Noncommissioned Officer, his discharge is now lost or mislaid so that I cannot produce it to corroborate the above statement. I further declare, that I have no knowledge of his ever receiving a Warrant for the Bounty land, promised to him in the part of the United States, Nor have I any knowledge of his transferring his Claim to that gratuity in any manner whatsoever. Therefore know all men by these Presents that Luther Everst Aforesaid, do hereby constitute and Appoint.
lawful attorney for me and in my Name, to be my true and from the Secretary of War, of the United States or of such other Person as is duly authorized to issue and deliver the same, a Warrant for the quantity of land due to him as Aforesaid or Acquittance therefor, and my said Attorney is hereby author- ized, and empowered to constitute, and appoint one or more attor- neys under him for the special purposes above expressed. Pike, July 2 d 1821 —
Sworn before me
L. Everst
I Squire Jones Aged Sixty six years a citizen of the United States, do upon Oath declare, that I was well acquainted with the above mentioned Benjamin Everst, in the time of our Revolution, and further I know that he did perform the Military Service therein stated. and further that I served in the same Troop with the said Everst three years and was discharged with him at the close of the War — and that the said Everst was called and answered to the Name of Everst, as often often as to Everst.
Pike July 2 d 1821
S. Jones
Sworn before me
Sworn before Samuel Patten Jr.

Before me Samuel Patch one of the Justices of the Peace for the county aforesaid. Personally appeared the above named Luther Everest, Subscribed to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and that the subscribers within mentioned are Persons of good reputation.
Pike July 2 d 1821.
Sworn before me Samuel Patch J.P.
This certifies and upon Oath testify and declare, That my Family and the Family, together with the aforesaid Benjamin Everest, family lived under one Roof, at the time of the birth of the above mentioned Luther Everest, and that now I live near Neighbor to him and that he is a legitimate Heir of the said Benjamin Everest above mentioned Sworn before me this Sunday 2 d July 1821.
Pike July 2 d 1821.
Sworn before me — Samuel Patch J.P. Jared Everest
I testify that the above written was a Magistrate authorized to administer Oaths in the County and State aforesaid, at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have here unto,

Allegany County Clerk's Office
In testimony that Samuel Patch Esqr. before whom the Within Acknowledgment was taken Was on the day of the date of the same a Justice the peace in and for the County of Allegany duly Commissioned and qualified to act as such and the Signature of the said Justice is Genuine. Hereunto subscribe my Name and affix the Seal of the said County of Allegany at Angelica this 23 d Day of October 1821
Amos Peabody Clk By Edward Newick Deputy Clk

Luther Everest Claim of Land

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. B. L. 1031. -/00
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
June 19, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your communication of a recent date you are advised that the Benjamin Everest , whose military history was recently furnished you by this Bureau, is the only soldier bearing that name found upon the Revolutionary war pension records on file in this Bureau.
One Luther Everest, son of a Benjamin Everest, made an application for bounty land on July 2, 1821, at which time he was 34 years of age and residing at Pike, N. Y., and his claim was allowed for the actual service of his father as a private in Capt. Hogeland's Company, Col. Sheldon's Regiment, Conn. troops, Revolutionary war. Length of service or place of enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
First Deputy Commissioner.
L. C. Everest,
c/o Vacuum Oil Company,
Rochester, N. Y.

The heirs of Benj r Everett of Sheldon Dragoons. Rev d G. Wan claim good -
Jany. 15 th 1822. wrote to him in 3 rd person (thanked the note to Major Van De Venter.) & requested him to obtain a certificate from the Surrogate. Stating who the heirs are -
March 19 th 1822
W t if d N o 1031 -
N o 1030. annulled -

Department of War Section of bounty lands January 15 th 1822 -
M c Cutting, has the honor to inform Mr Rochester, that whenever the heir at law of Benjamin Everett - shall have sent to this office, an authentic certificate from a Surrogate - stating that he (Luther Everett) is the only heir, or one of the heirs (as the case may be), that a warrant will be issued & delivered as requested -
M c C. takes the liberty of enclosing the form of the certificate usually rec d from Mr J -
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ROCHESTER WORKS
H. B. EVEREST, President. C. M. EVEREST, Vice President. F. N. BEACH, Treasurer. EDWARD PRIZER, Secretary.
INCORPORATED 1866
OLEAN WORKS
Vacuum Oil Company.
Rochester, N.Y. Oct. 6, 1897
General Offices ROCHESTER, U.S.A.
BRANCHES:
 BOMBAY, 67 Esplanade Road  BOSTON, 45 Purchase Street  COPENHAGEN, St. Annaplads 26  HAMBURG, Alterwall 36  HAVANA, Apartment 311  KOBE, 10 Concession  LONDON, 47 Victoria Street, S.W.  MILAN, Via Dante 16  MELBOURNE, 9 Queen Street  NEW YORK, 29 Broadway  PARIS, 34 Rue du Louvre  SINGAPORE, Prattay Road  TORONTO, 42-50 Esplanade East  VIENNA, 1 Werderthorgasse 2 
DISTRIBUTING WAREHOUSES IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE WORLD.
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.,
Gentlemen-
Will you kindly send me particulars of the pension, or land grant, issued to Luther Everest for services of his father, Benjamin Everest, of Salisbury, Conn., during the Revolutionary War? Benjamin Everest was a member of Col. Sheldon's Light Dragoons.
Thanking you in anticipation for the information,
I am,
Yours very truly,
C. M. Everest
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ROCHESTER WORKS.
H. B. EVEREST, President. C. M. EVEREST, Vice President. F. N. BEACH, Treasurer. EDWARD PRIZER, Secretary.
INCORPORATED 1866
OLEAN WORKS.
Vacuum Oil Company.
Rochester, N.Y. May 27, 1897
General Offices ROCHESTER, U.S.A.
BRANCHES:
United States Pension Bureau,
BOMBAY,
67 Esplanade Road
Washington, D. C.,
BOSTON,
45 Purchase Street
Gentlemen-
COPENHAGEN,
R. Annaeplads 26
HAMBURG,
Alterwall 36
HAVANA,
Apartado 311
KOBE,
16 Concession
LONDON,
47 Victoria Street, S.W.
MILAN
Via Dante 16
MELBOURNE,
9 Queen Street
NEW YORK,
29 Broadway
PARIS,
34 Rue du Louvre
SINGAPORE,
Battery Road
TORONTO,
42-50 Esplanade East
VIENNA,
1 Weiderthorgasse 9
Will you be good enough to give me particulars
regarding the pension paid to Betsy Everest, widow of
Benjamin Everest, who served during the Revolutionary War
in Colonel Sheldon's light brigade? Benjamin Everest
enlisted from Salisbury, Conn., and after the war removed
to some place in Vermont.
Thanking you in anticipation for the information, I am,
Yours very truly,
C. M. Everest
DISTRIBUTING WAREHOUSES IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE WORLD.

W. J. NEWTON.
E. M. GILLETT.
NEWTON & GILLETT,
LAWYERS,
NO. 802 F STREET, NORTHWEST.
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W.H.H.P.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 7 th , 1895.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D. C., Dear Sir;
Will you please kindly inform me if the name of Benjamin Everist is borne on the Rolls of Revolutionary Pensions & if he was granted a Land Warrant .
He belonged to Col Sheldon's Light Dragoons Second Troop and was enlisted Aug 17, 1779 from Salisbury, Conn.
Very respectfully E. M. Gillett 802 F St. N.W.